Dungeon Builders Harem Book 04 Ch 31

Chapter Thirty-One

Hagane skidded to a halt. She had mistimed her attack.

Instead of jumping off the building, she stopped at the edge. Staring down at the street, she grimaced at Maya's sacrifice to kill the thunderbird. Hagane closed her eyes. One more thunderbird dead, but it had cost a good monster girl. Hagane couldn't make that mistake again.

Because she heard the crackle of lightning. She opened her eyes and spotted another thunderbird swooping down at the halflings that Maya and Chystota defended. The unicorn threw herself into the blast of lightning, taking the blow that would have killed a half-dozen of the innocents.

The brave unicorn hit the ground, her body smoking and charred. Hagane's anger swelled. Fury trembled through her metallic body. Chystota whinnied in pain one last time then she vanished in a burst of motes.

Sent back to the Void Crystal.

You did amazing, Chystota,

Hagane thought.

You saved their lives.

Now it was Hagane's turn. This time, she would not mess up. The thunderbird rose out of her attack, climbing out of the buildings and right towards where the animated statue stood. She leaped from the building.

The metallic girl slammed down on the back of the thunderbird and rammed her arm-blades through the electric body of the enemy. Current surged up Hagane's limbs and through her body. But she wasn't made of flesh.

Of metal.

She could take an electric blast. Endure the pain as she drove the monster girl to the ground. They hit hard. The thunderbird burst into motes while the animated statue's tough body rose to her full height, hurt but still in the fight.

The halflings stared at her where they huddled in fright. She aimed at the door to the building. "Go! Get to safety! Lord Leo will protect you! Just get out of the street."

Hagane didn't know if all the thunderbirds had been killed or not. She would not take any chances.

* * / *

Garnet soared over the city and found Hagane ushering a group of halflings into a building. From around the corner, Sriblo trotted at the tip of a large group of halflings. From the air, Garnet could see more groups rushing in this direction.

Word's spreading,

she thought. She took the responsibility of making sure the halflings got out of the city very seriously. She would not let down her big brother.

"Are there any more thunderbirds?"

Hagane asked in Garnet's mind.

The succubus didn't see any.

"You're clear. Get them to safety then move to the north. We have to help up there."

"Okay,"

Hagane said as Garnet winged to the north, her whip dissolving. She didn't get to spank a naughty thunderbird.

Tears formed in her eyes at the dead lying in the street. Those halflings didn't get to come back like the monster girls. They were snuffed out forever. The little succubus hissed her fury. She wouldn't let any more of the halflings die.

* * / *

"How's it going in the east, Mommy?"

Garnet asked, her voice echoing through the dryad's mind.

"Almost clear,"

said Mrs. Zoe Baldwin to her daughter.

"How's it going in the west. It sounds bad over there."

"It's under control now,"

said Garnet.

"Hagane had to come join the fight. Only Sriblo survived on the evacuation team."

Mrs. Baldwin sighed. Maya dead. She liked the girl.

"Okay, we're almost done here."

"Please send some of your basilisks north then take the rest to the south and help out there,"

Garnet said.

Mrs. Baldwin looked around. She spotted Skamianiela and Vielmi appearing around the bend leading a large group of halflings. The basilisks swept them towards the door that Mrs. Baldwin stood at. She nodded in approval as the refugees hurried by.

"Skamianiela and Vielmi! Head north!" the dryad shouted. "Join the evacuation effort. Listen to Garnet."

"Yes, Mrs. Baldwin!" the two basilisks cried together.

"You be good," Vielmi added to a halfling child. "Mind your mother!"

The little girl nodded.

The two jogged off to the north. With a mental command to Piaro, Mastab, and Dychannie, Mrs. Baldwin prepared to move south and help out down there. She felt good about the day. They had taken losses, but they were killing the enemy monster girls and retaking the city.

They didn't have to hold it for long.

* * / *

Terra felt stunned now that the fight was over. She needed a minute to gather her wits. It was insane. The werewolves were so dangerous. Level 3 Monster Girls outclassed Level 2 even with all their training and practice.

But numbers had their own quality.

She felt like she should be gulping in breaths.

But she wasn't alive in that way. Wasn't human any longer no matter what she felt. This body was animated clay, not flesh and blood. It was a strange thing to fully realize. She was truly a different person from Terra the Barista.

And she had done something important today.

"Terra, are the werewolves defeated?"

asked Garnet, the succubus's voice ringing in the golem's ears.

"They're dead,"

Terra answered.

"Please help with the evacuation. Aid is coming!"

Terra nodded even though Garnet couldn't see her. She looked at the survivors then at the streets. All the halflings were in hiding. They better find them and get them moving to safety. Who knew when those werewolves would be brought back to life and sent to attack them.

And would there be more of them for round two?

* * / *

"Okay," Crystal said, looking at her three surviving yuki-onna. Snezhinka, Belyy, and Sukkub were the only ones still standing. "We're on evacuation duty now. Skies are clear. Good job!"

"You heard her, princesses," Snezhinka called, sounding almost like Smerta. "Move those pretty asses. Let's go. I want your frosty butts down on the street and helping out. Big sis Crystal gave her orders. Let's move!"

"Damn," Crystal said, impressed. Then she sent,

"Mom, we'll help you with the evacuation."

"Thanks, honey,"

answered the dryad.

Crystal was feeling good. The battle seemed over. She hadn't heard from her brother. How was the fight going with the two most powerful monster girls in the city? She couldn't see how it would fail. Not when he had Halia with him.

Crystal followed the yuki-onna down to the street.